UNSPSC 41106231: Contact agar plate for environmental microbial presence

A gridded or non gridded plate that containing a nutrient growth media that is used for monitoring necessary sanitary surfaces, by process of touching the agar to that surface for the growth, detection and enumeration of microorganisms that might be present there

UNSPSC 41106231 Contact agar plate for environmental microbial presence is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure these products primarily for water quality testing and environmental microbial monitoring—specifically bacteriological analysis of drinking water samples and microbial contamination assessment. The code sees limited recent activity in state and local procurement; the one directly relevant recent opportunity in the source block involves the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (DSHS) requesting COLILERT reagents and water bottles for quarterly bacteriological testing at the South Texas Laboratory, processing approximately 1,000 samples monthly across eight counties. This represents the principal recent use case: specialized reagents and testing vessels for potable water compliance monitoring under drinking water standards.

The issuing body mix for this code is narrow and specialized—public health agencies and water resource management departments dominate procurement under UNSPSC 41106231. The source shows a single decision-relevant opportunity: the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, on behalf of the Department of State Health Services, soliciting IDEXX-manufactured COLILERT and water bottle kits through a standing-order quarterly delivery model (RFQ response due July 8, 2026, with annual spend historically ranging from $70,050 to $90,000 for fiscal year 2025). Geographic activity is concentrated in Texas, with the South Texas Laboratory at 1301 S Rangerville Road, Harlingen serving eight counties. The procurement structure emphasizes firm fixed pricing over the initial one-year contract term (September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027) with four optional one-year renewals; no set-asides or preferences are noted, though HUB Subcontracting Plans are optional but encouraged. The majority of opportunities in the source block carry UNSPSC 41106231 tagging but are unrelated to contact agar plates or microbial testing—they represent laboratory instrumentation, aquaculture equipment, and research systems entirely outside the scope of environmental microbial testing reagents and consumables, signaling potential misclassification in the source data.